Time: 9:40am, early November 2022
Location: Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
Weather: ☀️ Sunny 🌡️ 11°C | 51.8℉
This morning, I went to visit the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Due to the morning rush hour when we went out, the traffic was a bit congested. When we arrived, it was already past 9:00, and there were already many tourists and morning exercisers in the park.
00:00 Intro
11:15 Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests
27:45 Danbi Bridge
31:40 Chengzhenmen
33:02 Kowloon cypress
35:03 Circular wall
37:44 Emperor Vault
42:29 The Circular Mound Altar
The Temple of Heaven was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties worshiped the sky, prayed for grain and prayed for rain. It is the largest existing sacrificial building complex in ancient China with the highest ethical level.